Consider This Argument: "The Paper Showed a Picture of the CEO

question 28

Multiple Choice

Consider this argument: "The paper showed a picture of the CEO in chains doing the perp walk as he was being led off to jail. Another middle-aged white guy with a $400 haircut! Same as Bernard Madoff, the guy who swindled $170 million out of rich people with his Ponzi scheme. All those corporate thieves are overpaid white guys." That argument is an example of ________.

• A) the Gambler's Fallacy
• B) the fallacy of False Cause
• C) a fallacy of Erroneous Generalization
• D) a warranted argument
• E) a valid argument

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Definitions:

Class Discussion

An interactive session in an educational setting where students and teacher engage in dialogue covering specific topics or materials.

Diversion

The fallacy of trying to support one proposition by arguing for another proposition.

Argument

A rationale or series of arguments presented with the goal of convincing others of the validity or fallacy of a certain action or idea.

Appeal to Ignorance

A fallacy that asserts a proposition to be true because it has not been proved false or vice versa.